Number: 5.3111 / 3.3021

Title: Tuition for Student Dependents of Employees

Effective date: March 2021

Approved: March 2021

Supersedes: 5.3111

Dated: November 2016

1. Students who are dependents of FIS employees shall automatically be eligible for admission if their school records are satisfactory.

2. The school shall waive tuition fees for students enrolled at the school who are dependents of FIS employees with full-time contracts whose point of hire, as stated in the employment contract, is outside of Germany, unless the spouse/partner's company covers the costs of education.

3. The school shall waive non-tuition fees (i.e. admission fees, re-enrollment fees, capital assessment fees, and school transportation fees on existing school bus routes with capacity) for students enrolled at the school who are dependents of FIS employees with full-time contracts, unless the spouse/partner's company covers the costs of education.

4. The school may provide up to ten additional places for the remission of tuition fees for the dependents of employees with full-time contracts, whose point of hire is within Germany, unless the spouse/partner's company covers the costs of education. The employee must be in active service at FIS (i.e. not on parental, maternal, sick, or sabbatical leave, or taking leave of absence). Local hire teachers applying for the remission of tuition fees must be on a tenured contract. Applications for this tuition exemption are due by 01 October of the preceding year. A Tuition Benefit Committee consisting of the Head of School, the Director of Finance and Operations, division principals, and one other member appointed ad hoc will review these applications, and will allocate the available spaces by the end of each calendar year. The Tuition Benefit Committee allocates spaces according to the following criteria:

• Accurate and timely completion of the application

• Spouse/partner's company does not cover the costs of education

• Demonstrated need for FIS education

• Length of active employment of the parent(s) at FIS

• Students nearing graduation

• Siblings at FIS

• Any other contributing factors

Note: In cases of special hardship, some criteria may be waived.

5. The employee shall pay any tax liability or social security contributions arising from the benefit.

6. Should an employee leave the employment of FIS and rejoin later, he/she will be treated as a new employee for the purposes of this policy. Should an employee receiving tuition benefit change from full-time to part-time employment, tuition remission may be pro-rated or discontinued, at the discretion of the Tuition Benefit Committee.

7. Tuition benefits end when an employee leaves the employ of the school.

8. All employees are entitled to apply for the Tuition Reduction Program (see Policy 3.30211 and 3.30211R Tuition Reduction Program).

Cross-References:

Policy 3.3021, Tuition for Student Dependents of Employees

Regulation 5.3111R, Taxation of Tuition and Fees for Student Dependents of Employees